c-section versus vaginal delivery - need input

Hello, I'm 34 weeks pregnant with di/di twin girls. I had to switch OBs at the last minute because I am staying with family 3 hours from home until I deliver, because there are no hospitals with NICU facilities where I live. My new OB is pretty opposed to vaginal deliveries (even though my girls are both vertex) and she cites research about increased complications for Baby B (cord compressions, emergency C sections). She can't tell me what the actual statistics are (does this happen half the time? 1% of the time?) I would like to deliver vaginally to get a better start at breastfeeding, but I obviously don't want to put the twins in dangerous situation. Has anyone seen any research on this?

Also, has anyone successfully exclusively breastfed twins after a c-section?

Thanks.

Hello, I'm 34 weeks pregnant with di/di twin girls. I had to switch OBs at the last minute because I am staying with family 3 hours from home until I deliver, because there are no hospitals with NICU facilities where I live. My new OB is pretty opposed to vaginal deliveries (even though my girls are both vertex) and she cites research about increased complications for Baby B (cord compressions, emergency C sections). She can't tell me what the actual statistics are (does this happen half the time? 1% of the time?) I would like to deliver vaginally to get a better start at breastfeeding, but I obviously don't want to put the twins in dangerous situation. Has anyone seen any research on this?

Also, has anyone successfully exclusively breastfed twins after a c-section?

My twins are almost 4 months now and Im still producing milk- I had to start adding some formula but not alot. Went a full 3 months with no formula...

I was worried too about having a Csection and producing milk but it came in... I would nurse and then pump right after- After awhile I just stopped nursing and pumped because it was easier for me. Now I nurse some and pump some...

I personally would rather try to go natural- I have read here on this website of some people having to have a csection to get baby b out- but I dont know what the % is. I've read alot were both come out natural and some have csections...

My doc was going to let me try to have then natural- Baby B was head down and Baby A was breech- she TRIED to get A out of the way so B could come down... she got him down, but once she got the stuff to break his water he had moved back up and she came back down- so Csection it was.

But it all went better then I ever thought it could have!

My twins are almost 4 months now and Im still producing milk- I had to start adding some formula but not alot. Went a full 3 months with no formula...

I was worried too about having a Csection and producing milk but it came in... I would nurse and then pump right after- After awhile I just stopped nursing and pumped because it was easier for me. Now I nurse some and pump some...

I personally would rather try to go natural- I have read here on this website of some people having to have a csection to get baby b out- but I dont know what the % is. I've read alot were both come out natural and some have csections...

My doc was going to let me try to have then natural- Baby B was head down and Baby A was breech- she TRIED to get A out of the way so B could come down... she got him down, but once she got the stuff to break his water he had moved back up and she came back down- so Csection it was.

search pubmed.com, there is data to back up what your doctor is saying but its not a huge %.
I had to have a c section two weeks ago because baby a was butt first. aside from about two ounces total of formula given at the hospital due to low blood sugar, I have been ebf. but, the first three days were pretty rough. I would have preferred a vaginal delivery but did not get a choice.

search pubmed.com, there is data to back up what your doctor is saying but its not a huge %.
I had to have a c section two weeks ago because baby a was butt first. aside from about two ounces total of formula given at the hospital due to low blood sugar, I have been ebf. but, the first three days were pretty rough. I would have preferred a vaginal delivery but did not get a choice.

I had two sets of di/di twins vaginally. They were vertex both times. Usually twins that are di/di and vertex have the best chance out of all twin pregnancies for vaginal delivery. I would never see a doctor that didn't give me a choice. I know at 34 weeks pregnant you can't go find a new care provider. I hope she can work with you. Good luck with your delivery and here's to healthy babies :)

I had two sets of di/di twins vaginally. They were vertex both times. Usually twins that are di/di and vertex have the best chance out of all twin pregnancies for vaginal delivery. I would never see a doctor that didn't give me a choice. I know at 34 weeks pregnant you can't go find a new care provider. I hope she can work with you. Good luck with your delivery and here's to healthy babies :)

C-sections are only safer for multiples if your doctor doesn't do a lot of breech extractions or multiple vaginal births. My babes were both vertex, and Baby A came out beautifully, but Baby B then turned slightly so that he was coming down shoulder first instead of head first. My OB had to reach in and grab him any way she could before he got stuck in the birth canal. She grabbed an ankle and yanked him out. All of this took 4 minutes, so if your doc really does mostly c-sections, he probably hasn't had to make split second decisions like that very often, in which case you and the babies might be better off with a c-section. Is there maybe someone else in his practice you could talk to about a vaginal? My recovery was so quick and trouble free--and I had a baby on breast in an hour! They both ended up in the NICU, but that's another story. The trick is to trust a vaginal multiple delivery to a doctor who does them frequently (or as frequently as they can given that multiples aren't frequent).

C-sections are only safer for multiples if your doctor doesn't do a lot of breech extractions or multiple vaginal births. My babes were both vertex, and Baby A came out beautifully, but Baby B then turned slightly so that he was coming down shoulder first instead of head first. My OB had to reach in and grab him any way she could before he got stuck in the birth canal. She grabbed an ankle and yanked him out. All of this took 4 minutes, so if your doc really does mostly c-sections, he probably hasn't had to make split second decisions like that very often, in which case you and the babies might be better off with a c-section. Is there maybe someone else in his practice you could talk to about a vaginal? My recovery was so quick and trouble free--and I had a baby on breast in an hour! They both ended up in the NICU, but that's another story. The trick is to trust a vaginal multiple delivery to a doctor who does them frequently (or as frequently as they can given that multiples aren't frequent).

C-sections are only safer for multiples if your doctor doesn't do a lot of breech extractions or multiple vaginal births. My babes were both vertex, and Baby A came out beautifully, but Baby B then turned slightly so that he was coming down shoulder first instead of head first. My OB had to reach in and grab him any way she could before he got stuck in the birth canal. She grabbed an ankle and yanked him out. All of this took 4 minutes, so if your doc really does mostly c-sections, he probably hasn't had to make split second decisions like that very often, in which case you and the babies might be better off with a c-section. Is there maybe someone else in his practice you could talk to about a vaginal? My recovery was so quick and trouble free--and I had a baby on breast in an hour! They both ended up in the NICU, but that's another story. The trick is to trust a vaginal multiple delivery to a doctor who does them frequently (or as frequently as they can given that multiples aren't frequent).

C-sections are only safer for multiples if your doctor doesn't do a lot of breech extractions or multiple vaginal births. My babes were both vertex, and Baby A came out beautifully, but Baby B then turned slightly so that he was coming down shoulder first instead of head first. My OB had to reach in and grab him any way she could before he got stuck in the birth canal. She grabbed an ankle and yanked him out. All of this took 4 minutes, so if your doc really does mostly c-sections, he probably hasn't had to make split second decisions like that very often, in which case you and the babies might be better off with a c-section. Is there maybe someone else in his practice you could talk to about a vaginal? My recovery was so quick and trouble free--and I had a baby on breast in an hour! They both ended up in the NICU, but that's another story. The trick is to trust a vaginal multiple delivery to a doctor who does them frequently (or as frequently as they can given that multiples aren't frequent).

I had my twins a month ago at 38 weeks vaginally. One was head down the other transverse (breeched). After I pushed the first one out, the resident reached into my uterus and pulled the other one out by the legs. I had an epidural. It was painfree. The on ly thing is that for Baby B who was breached, he has to be stimulated after birth perhaps due to the birth process...don't really know.

A day later I was home doing house work and running errands, no one could have believed that I delivered twins. It was so very easy and it was a vaginal delivery after a previous c-section. My milk supply kicked in full force about 3 days later. I am hapy I delivered vaginally. I have two oher kids and would not be able to handle the recovery needed for a c-section!

I had my twins a month ago at 38 weeks vaginally. One was head down the other transverse (breeched). After I pushed the first one out, the resident reached into my uterus and pulled the other one out by the legs. I had an epidural. It was painfree. The on ly thing is that for Baby B who was breached, he has to be stimulated after birth perhaps due to the birth process...don't really know.

A day later I was home doing house work and running errands, no one could have believed that I delivered twins. It was so very easy and it was a vaginal delivery after a previous c-section. My milk supply kicked in full force about 3 days later. I am hapy I delivered vaginally. I have two oher kids and would not be able to handle the recovery needed for a c-section!

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